death

Afraid that her grandmother might be dying, Julia discovers a new friend with whom she can talk about her fears.

After her mother dies in a rescue mission on a snowy mountain, twelve-year-old Roz wonders if talking to God, and to the boy for whom her mother died, can help her understand what happened.

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Because of the special but sometimes difficult closeness she had with her twin, Inge questions her own identity when her sister dies.

When one of Pamela's schoolmates dies, she makes the discovery that each and every person is special.

After her mother leaves home suddenly, thirteen-year-old Sal and her grandparents take a car trip retracing her mother's route. Along the way, Sal recounts the story of her friend Phoebe, whose mother also left.

Hoping to get away from the war, the Carver family decides to leave the city and move into an old house in a small coastal town, but once they are settled, the children learn that their home is haunted by the ghost of a young boy and decide to investigate his death.

A child's sadness at the death of a beloved dog is tempered by the remembrance of saying to it every night, "I'll always love you.".

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Although her grandmother has died, Marita sits in Abuelita's rocking chair and remembers the stories Abuelita told of life in Puerto Rico.